Despicable Me 2 introduces Lucy Wilde, who eventually becomes the children’s mother when Gru falls in love with her… Yet again, the perfect happy family ending.In light of the upcoming release of the Minions movie-or it might already be released, depending on where you are-I think it would be apt to discuss the intriguing world of these yellow, banana-like creatures and their language. The second time, there was a power cut only five minutes into the film, but since I’d already watched it, I wasn’t that bothered. I went to see Despicable Me 2 twice in the cinema, which is really something for me as I very rarely class a film as being important enough to spend ten pounds on. I hadn’t realised how many of the voices I actually knew until I looked it up on Wikipedia. The characters are voiced by Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig, and my favourite actress of all time, Julie Andrews. Minions are also part of ‘Chiquita’ bananas’ advertising campaign, because minions love bananas! Minion Rush, too, is the smart phone game based on Temple Run but featuring minions. There are thousands of minion toys and games, and of course the spin-off film, Minions, which is being released in 2015. Minions have become a hit worldwide, becoming incorporated into all kinds of things some the best I’ve seen are nails painted as minions, and the other day I saw a little girl wearing a cute minion hat! The cake pictured was actually made by my mother for my seventeenth birthday, which looked and tasted amazing (after we were ready to cut into such a work of art). “mix up all these ridiculous sounding words just because they sound good, not because they necessarily mean something” (Pierre Coffin) The minions are actually voiced by the directors, Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, who: Most words are food references, such as ‘potato’ and ‘poulet tiki masala’. They speak in a funny mixture of French, English, Spanish, Indian, Italian and gobbledegook (called ‘Minionese’)… so although most of what they say just sounds like obscure ramblings, there are certain words which can be picked out.
They’re always willing to help, even if it does take them a while to put down their beloved bananas and get to it. Minions, small little yellow helpers, are the kind of pet everyone wants.
Yes, it’s a half-decent storyline, yes, the youngest of the girls is adorable, but really, without the minions, the film wouldn’t have been half as successful… I think what makes Despicable Me so loved is almost undoubtedly the minions. Gru realises the error of his ways and begins to truly love the girls, becoming a happy family by the end of the film, and even fixing his relationship with his mother. Of course, with this being a family film, there is a happy ending. Agnes, the youngest girl with a small obsession with unicorns, is unbelievably cute. However, he starts to genuinely like the girls, and considers calling off his moon-stealing-escapades to go to the girls’ dance recital. He first has to get into Vector’s incredibly well protected house, but when he discovers that Vector has a soft spot for Coconutties, he adopts three of the girls selling these cookies to help him. When Vector steals the pyramid of Giza, Gru decides the best thing to do is to steal the moon. The first film follows an evil supervillain, Gru, as he gets into an evilness competition with Vector, nerd-turned-supervillain. In fact, I think I like it more than my family do, and I genuinely laugh at what is quite clearly humour aimed at children.
Despicable Me is one of the cutest (and definitely bearable) family films I’ve ever seen.
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